Director Alexis Manya Spraic traces the life and career of the eponymous songwriter, producer, visual artist, production designer, art director and social butterfly.
The World According to Allee Willis, which premiered at SXSW in early March, brings us along on a journey to understand the artistic process of one of America’s greatest and most impactful creatives. Willis was a songwriter, producer, visual artist, production designer, art director and an expert party host. Working in music, television and even the early internet, Willis was a multimedia artist before that title even existed. She dedicated her life to the creative process, rarely taking a break from the moment she wrote her first song on a bus at the fresh age of 22 to being nominated for a Tony for The Color Purple musical three years before her death at 72. From painting and designing to computer programming, Willis did it all. Fifty years of artistic output is a very long time, and The World According to Allee Willis takes us through as many moments of its subject’s illustrious career as possible.
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